I have been traveling to St. George every weekend for the last 3 weeks to go to nutritional cooking classes with my daughter. Ihave learned to cook beans. Ok, ok, I know. I really should know this stuff by now. But those of you who are familiar with me know that I am more artist than cook (yes, cooking is an art, just not MY art!) and anything in the kitchen is fair game for the studio (and much more likely to be used there than in the kitchen!).
Shelf Reliance carries a great variety of beans and grains! I have arranged my pantry to make it easier for me to make these a mainstay of our diet. This way I can see what I have at a glance (and it looks really cool!) As you can see I do still have round cans in my pantry and am thinking of moving it all to the canisters. I open a can and add it to the pantry. It looks so appetizing and it helps the artistic side of me to decide which beans to use for dinner!
My Actual Bean Pantry!
Beans are such a mainstay of life, but honestly, they have been a mystery to me. Until now. I really had no idea that such amazing health benefits could be had in the simple, yet complicated bean. Thank you Janet Hailstone for teaching me! A wonder in the kitchen Miss Janet is! And an even bigger wonder to be able to interest me in better living and yes, the 'art' of cooking. I am soaking two types of beans as I type and sprouting. Yahoo!!! It seemed so impossible but I LOVE IT! And since I have been cooking this way, I feel great!
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This post will be quick. I am in the middle of a crazy day and it is about to get crazier! Last night I did not have time to make dinner. Seriously. Days fly by when I am chasing a one year old! Before I knew it...time for dinner and nothing prepped! YIKES! So I turned to my trusty Shelf Reliance and pulled out the yummy scrumptious pancake mix. This stuff is delish!!! I added some pecans to the mix and stirred up some eggs with freeze dried shredded cheese and DINNER. It was wonderful, easy, and scrumptious! THRIVE is the best! I can always trust the nutrition and the taste. And the added nuts made it even better than the usual IHop fattening fare. Plus my husband is a pancake flipping expert so he cooked! It was a wonderful evening!
At my daughters house last weekend we had pancakes as well. She had company (besides us) and we were trying to scrape up enough food to feed a good sized crew. I happened to have my THRIVE Blackberries and Yogurt with me. So we reconstiuted about 1 cup of Blackberries and added some suger - about 1tsp - and blended it really well. Then we used it to top the pancakes. We also had THRIVE freeze dried yogurt. It was a hit! It may sound crazy, but I take this stuff everywhere with me. It is so llightweight, easy to toss in for snacks or cooking on the road. And soooo much better for us than the usual chips and soda routine!
